Even with the lengthy time lapse since the original Wall Street, it was hard for me to a picture a way for director Oliver Stone and company to continue the franchise in a fresh way. Though if I were to name a topic I know the least about, big banking and the stock market would be right near the top. But, those who obviously do know something about these sorts of things based Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on the real events involved with the bank bailouts of a few years ago.
Shia LaBeouf stars as a Wall Street trader trying to balance financial uncertainty and a new life with his fiancé, played by Carey Mulligan. Also, there’s the little coincidence that her character happens to be the daughter of former billionaire ex-con, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas.)
The film is thick with dialogue as expected, which means that the acting needs to be spot on, which it is. LaBeouf continually proves he has the ability to carry a film. Then when he’s paired with Michael Douglas you get a quality old vs. young dynamic that shows the core differences between greed and ambition. The other leads played by Mulligan and Josh Brolin are on an even playing field with LaBeouf and Douglas in terms of quality but a bit less interesting.
That honker of a script is the most interesting aspect of the film to me. A good number of the scenes use dense dialogue in place of any type of special effect or gimmick typical of big budget Hollywood. I may not know much about the subject matter, but I’m convinced the characters run close to what their real life counterparts went through in their time of stress. The second Wall Street proves that educated films still have an audience even without a single gunshot or explosion. Hopefully LaBeouf enjoyed it while he could because I doubt we can say the same about the upcoming Transformers 3. (8.8 out of 10)
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